Free tier, no credit card · No API keys · CSV import from ThinkorSwim and Tastytrade
Trade-off
The honest version
What JournalPlus does well
An AI assistant reads your journal and points out patterns, such as the days and setups where you tend to lose.
Psychology tracking tags each trade with a mood such as calm, frustrated, focused, anxious, or confident.
Named imports cover Zerodha, Upstox, Angel One, Groww, and Interactive Brokers, plus a CSV from other brokers.
When JournalPlus is the better choice
Choose JournalPlus if you trade Indian markets through Zerodha, Upstox, Angel One, or Groww, or you want an AI to read your notes and would rather pay once. OptionsEdge has tested templates only for Thinkorswim and tastytrade, and has no AI assistant.
Before you switch
Lifetime access is a single payment. The yearly plan renews each year with the same features.
JournalPlus says it handles options and futures, so test one multi-leg import before you commit.
Why traders switch
What frustrates traders about JournalPlus
Paying yearly costs more than the lifetime price by the second year.
Side by side
OptionsEdge vs JournalPlus
The features that actually matter for multi-leg options trading
Feature
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Multi-leg strategy auto-detectionOptionsEdge groups your fills into strategies such as verticals, iron condors, butterflies, and strangles. Any grouping it is not confident about goes to a review queue. JournalPlus supports multi-leg strategies and does not say whether it groups the legs for you.
Not listed
Options-only design (not a stock journal with options added)
Rolls kept with the original tradeIn OptionsEdge, a roll to a new expiration joins the history when you click Link as roll, and the campaign shows its total P&L.
Not listed
Strategy-level P&L (not just fill-level)
thinkorswim CSV importOptionsEdge is tested with thinkorswim and tastytrade CSVs, with experimental column mapping for other brokers.
Via template
tastytrade CSV import
Via template
No broker API connection requiredImport via CSV. No broker login or brokerage credentials needed.
Free planThe OptionsEdge free plan covers CSV import, strategy grouping, the review queue, and position detail. Dashboards and analytics are on the paid Core plan.
Limited
Unified position view across multiple accountsThe OptionsEdge positions list shows all your accounts together or one at a time.
Greeks tracking per positionOptionsEdge shows portfolio Greeks totals on the Pro plan, not Greeks per position.
Not listed
Multi-leg strategy auto-detectionOptionsEdge groups your fills into strategies such as verticals, iron condors, butterflies, and strangles. Any grouping it is not confident about goes to a review queue. JournalPlus supports multi-leg strategies and does not say whether it groups the legs for you.
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Not listed
Options-only design (not a stock journal with options added)
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Rolls kept with the original tradeIn OptionsEdge, a roll to a new expiration joins the history when you click Link as roll, and the campaign shows its total P&L.
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Not listed
Strategy-level P&L (not just fill-level)
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
thinkorswim CSV importOptionsEdge is tested with thinkorswim and tastytrade CSVs, with experimental column mapping for other brokers.
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Via template
tastytrade CSV import
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Via template
No broker API connection requiredImport via CSV. No broker login or brokerage credentials needed.
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Free planThe OptionsEdge free plan covers CSV import, strategy grouping, the review queue, and position detail. Dashboards and analytics are on the paid Core plan.
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Limited
Unified position view across multiple accountsThe OptionsEdge positions list shows all your accounts together or one at a time.
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Greeks tracking per positionOptionsEdge shows portfolio Greeks totals on the Pro plan, not Greeks per position.
OptionsEdge
JournalPlus
Not listed
What you get instead
How OptionsEdge thinks about options
Automatically groups related fills into a single strategy position. No manual tagging
Tracks your true cost basis when you roll options, including credits and debits from each leg
Strategy-level P&L shows whether your iron condor or spread made money, not just individual fills
Built exclusively for options traders. Every metric is options-aware
Import from ThinkorSwim or Tastytrade with a single CSV file, no API keys needed
Ready to see your options positions the right way?
Import your first CSV free. No credit card. No API keys. Just upload your ThinkorSwim or Tastytrade export and see your strategies organized in seconds.
